J Korean Soc Fract JKSF Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1225-1682 The Korean Fracture Society 10.12671/jksf.1990.3.1.46 Original Article Tension band wiring and Modified tension band wiring in the Operative Treatment of Patella Fracture Ha Sang Ho Lee Sang Hong Shin Dong Min Pyo Young Bae Department of Orthopaedics Surgery, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwang Ju, Korea. 05 1990 14 07 2016 3 1 46 52 Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society 1990

The authors report a clinical experience of 25 patients having patellar fracture who were treated with tension band wiring or modified tension band wiring from January 1984 to December 1988, at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cho-Sun University Hospital.

The results were as follows.

1. Out of 25 cases were treated by modified tension band wiring and remaining 5 cases were treated by tension band wiring.

2. The mean fracture healing period was 5.8 weeks in cases of modified tension band wiring and 6.8 weeks in tension band wiring.

3. Fixation by tesion band priciple has given acceptable results in comminuted fractures and transverse fractures both.

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